I apologize @Frostily, I didn’t see that but I have changed my post accordingly.
EDIT: Here’s the notice
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Hi, all, I’m Bronxsta. 25, from New York. One of the ex-GAFfers who found his way to Waypoint. I was very active over there, in regards to discussion on indie games and podcasts, and looking forward to sharing such discussions (and on game design and movies and such) on Waypoint. The community and level of discussion is very much up my alley, since I always enjoy thinking about the how and why of game design and mechanics
Hello, I’m Devin. I’m a programmer living in Portland. I was a NeoGAF poster, but not a frequent one. This seems like a great community, and I think I’ll enjoy it here.
Hey all. My name is ken. I’m 26 and from Florida. I was a member on gaf since before the PS4 came out. Admittedly I lurked more often than i posted and i hope to change that here. I’m a fan of Vice content and since I looked into who runs the site and contributes content , i’m excited to be here. The Waypoint Radio podcast seems dope and this website’s aesthetic is dope. Props all around 
hi, the name’s jamal. i’m a writer living in bushwick. as i’ve grown older, i found myself enjoying indies more and more. they’ve got the biggest risks, the most inventive narratives, and the most stunning artwork.
i still really want a switch tho.
edit: add me (newgamewhodis) on steam if you want to help me with my ongoing rocket league addiction.
Hey! I used to be a heavy NeoGAF user, and was on there for good five years. Loved the community out there, and hope to find more awesome people on here. I am currently an engineering student in Oregon, and will probably graduate in a couple of years. Will be probably stick around, and maybe even join the new forums being built by former mods of NeoGAF and use both forums. Enjoying the lovely modern interface so far.
Well hello then. NeoGAF lurker (ex user, got banned), Italian, barman, 25 years old, I sometimes make videoclips or short movies with my girlfriend.
Big Nintendo fanboy, but I play on almost everything. I love both geeking and partying.
Hi I am Ben. I think my question was one of the first ever to be pulled from the question bucket.
I live in Japan. My Japanese wife hates gaming and I only get to play games from 5 am to 6am in the morning.
Regardless, I try to play as much as I can on PC and Nintendo Switch.
Hi, I’m andymcc. My name here is/was also my GAF name.
I love retro games. Esp. Japanese ones. You’ll see me aggressively defending SEGA in 16-bit topics. 
I’m currently working on a retro-influenced game with some close-knit friends.
I also like dogs (I have three!). They’re a hobby and a lifestyle I guess.
Heyo! I’m 28 y.o living both in Indonesia and Singapore because of work. Long time Vice reader and a gamer. So I think Waypoint and its forum fit perfectly. I love JRPGs and silly kart games. Hoping to join some great discussions here 
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Hi. I’m another Gaffer looking for a life-raft in the sea that is the internet.
I’ve followed both Patrick and Austin for a good while and so I guess its surprise it took this to get me to join the forum, especially given i was here for the podcast and the website articles (via feedly) from day one.
This whole thing has reminded me again of the fragility of internet communities. I mean a major part of my neogaf usage was in terms of the AnimeGAF anime community and how with neogaf gone so suddenly theres no real way from us to all just move somewhere else when there’s little connections beyond forum handles.
Coming from a tabletop RPG background its probably unsurprising that I’m mostly into western rpgs, adventure games and some strategy for good measure. All niches that are I guess underserved or are lost under the hype of all the AAA games as a service multiplayer shooters and the like.
Oh yeah…I’m from Australia.
Hi, hello, I’m another Australian joining this community just wanted to make an introduction before contributing to others conversations. Nice to be here
Howdy folks! 28 year old higher education worker here, based out of good ol’ NYC. Been following Danielle, Patrick, and Austin for a long while now and didn’t even realize Waypoint had forums! Good going, self. I play a lot of online games–particularly MMOs–and have a lot of feelings about communities and how they form in various MMOs. Hoping to get some stuff goin’ shortly. Nice to be here!
Hi everyone! My name is Hussain Almahr, I’ve written for waypoint as freelance writer. I’ve signed up when this first came up, but never really posted. I love what waypoint is all about and excited to be apart of the forum community more!
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Hi! You can call me Rini, I’m a 26 mtf trans individual from Mexico. I like different kinds of games with an inclination for RPGs and weird stuff like LSD Dream Emulator and Garage Bad Dream Adventure. Let’s be friends.
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Podcasts were a joke. I stumbled upon one in 2006 called Computer Gaming World Podcast or CGW Radio, owned/hosted by 1UP; a now defunct publication company. The editor-in-chief of CGW Magazine, Jeff Green opened the podcast with this quote: “Hello and welcome to the first and probably last ever CGW podcast”, the first episode was hosted by Garnett Lee, Darren Gladstone, Shawn Elliott and the aforementioned Jeff Green. Garnett Lee now works at Amazon, Darren Gladstone now works at 2K, Shawn Elliott now works for Arkane Austin and Jeff, well he’s on Twitter writing dad jokes and just generally being awesome. This was the beginning of gaming podcasts, and a pointed shift in video game culture.
This was the time people would argue the nuance of video games or computer games, since I was a CGW reader it’s not hard to know where I fell in that argument, messageboards were chaotic and honestly childish things but as these writers of video games grew so did the community, the birth of Kotaku, the firing of Jeff Gerstmann, the tragic passing of Ryan Davis, the shutting down of 1UP, Gamespy, Joystiq are all marks in the timeline of gaming culture and critical points in people’s lives that were now in our ears every week with podcasts.
For me, CGW Radio Podcast introduced me to critical thinking of games, talking for no less than 40 minutes about review scores when Shawn Elliott gave Crysis an 8 out of 10 and was criticised for it at length across dozens of message boards. Games were no longer a way to waste time for me, it was apart of my commute to work, something I listened to on Saturday mornings when I made breakfast, we grew up with these people.
I legitimately cried when Ziff Davis, parent company of 1UP, closed its doors because suddenly all the people I grew up with lost their jobs, several went to IGN/Gamespy, others found jobs in game development, everything worked out but I had lost my community, like many others I had a NeoGAF account and I started to post on there, mostly in the OffTopic because I was getting all my gaming information and conversation from podcasts started/taken over by former Ziff Davis employees (Geekbox, Gamespy Debriefings, IGN’s slew of podcasts, Comedy Button, Rebel.FM).
Now, NeoGAF is gone, the community has completely fragmented, allegations of sexual misconduct towards the owner, the moderators left due to yet another scandal on the website and did not want to wait around for an owner that they felt would take too long to respond to such things, the community itself which knew nothing of this was simply gone.
After listening to my first ever Waypoint podcast little more than an hour ago I decided to write this, initially I was writing this as a way to get some feelings out but as I was writing and thinking I decided to change this into an introduction, a hello, to this messageboard and community. So, hello!
I know that there’s an introduce yourself thread, and I did read all the rules before even making my account, so maybe if this thread should have any intention let’s talk about podcasts, when we first started listening to podcasts, what we listen to now and such. Thank you so much
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Hi, I am HeadClot,
I like Game development, VR, AR, CGI, 3D printing, and talking to people.
Yo Waypoint!!
My real name is Joe, I’m a 30 year old biracial (white/Korean) cismale that resides in Colorado. When it comes to videogames, I’m really only an enthusiast, not a professional – I don’t work in the industry.
I, like many others, am a NeoGAF transplant, but I am also a running fan of Giant Bomb, Easy Allies, SuperBunnyHop, noclip, Cloth Map, Digital Foundry, GameSpot, Eurogamer, and of course, Waypoint around the web when it comes to games coverage! I love to try and expand my way of thinking when it comes to games, and I feel a lot of the aforementioned outlets promote that endeavor in a constructive and civil way.
I like to fancy the notion that games are a medium that is capable of communicating and embodying a wide range of human experiences, even though I began my appreciation for games in awe of the escapist spectacle that the majority of them seem to pursue, but I also feel like it’s a medium that seems to be stuck in an ongoing identity crisis. I like being a participant in that ongoing conversation, trying to figure out the limits of videogames – technically, artistically, socially, politically, etc… It all matters to me, but it’s in large part because I’m so invested in the incredible emotional experience I’ve personally taken away from my time playing games for the majority of my lifetime, and I’m always eager to see people be able to express their own experiences along those lines as well. I really hope that I can better learn to celebrate and converse about games in a way that shares that appreciation in a positive light with as many people as possible, but I know for a fact that I can’t learn how to do that without first learning about and from others. I come to Waypoint forums hoping to find a base to do that. It’s a pleasure to be aboard!
I also am a sucker for other types of so-called “nerdy” media, probably most notably, but not limited to, film – I’ve seen Blade Runner 2049 three times in three weeks! I can’t get it out of my head! It might be my new favorite film of all time! I’m immediately going to go see what people around here think about it!
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I don’t have much to add, but just thought I’d drop in and say hi. I go by this username on a few forums. I’m a game programmer. I’m a big fan of Austin, Danielle and Patrick’s work over the years from other websites. I’ve been following this site via podcasts and youtube for a while, but I’d like to spend more time reading in general.
Also an ex-GAF person here. I appreciate the rules write up and am glad to see a forum with this ethos doing well.
Hi hi.
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Hi, everyone!
I’m Topographic. I’m 27, I live in South Florida, He/Him/His. I’ve been following Waypoint for quite a while, and a friend said I should try out the forums, so here I am. This place seems pretty neat so far!
